Nigerian University Of Ibadan, UI Ranked Among 1000 Top
Universities In The World | The University of Ibadan has been ranked
among the top 1,000 universities in the world. The university is
currently ranked 991st in the world and 14th in Africa.
This was according to the 2018/19 edition of the global rankings released by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).
University of Ibadan happens to be the only university in Nigeria that made it to the list.
Universities
from other African countries also made it to the list. Seven
universities from South Africa, four from Egypt, and one each from
Uganda and Tunisia.
Harvard University, United States, is ranked
the number one for the 7th consecutive time while Stanford University,
and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both in the U.S, are ranked
second and third respectively.
University of Cambridge, U.K, is
ranked fourth, while University of Oxford, also in the U.K, is ranked
fifth. Among the top 10 universities are University of California,
Berkeley, U.S (sixth); Princeton University, U.S (seventh); Columbia
University, U.S (eighth); California Institute of Technology, U.S
(ninth); and the University of Chicago, U.S (10th).